Operational Performance and Degradation Influenced Life Cycle Environmental–Economic Metrics of mc-Si, a-Si and HIT Photovoltaic Arrays in Hot Semi-arid Climates
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Original language | English |
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Article number | 1075 |
Journal / Publication | Sustainability |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 3 |
Online published | 3 Feb 2020 |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2020 |
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Abstract
Life cycle metrics evolution specific to the climate zone of photovoltaic (PV) operation would give detailed insights on the environmental and economic performance. At present, vast literature is available on the PV life cycle metrics where only the output energies ignoring the degradation rate (DR) influence. In this study, the environ-economic analysis of three PV technologies, namely, multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si), amorphous silicon (a-Si) and hetero-junction with an intrinsic thin layer (HIT) have been carried out in identical environmental conditions. The energy performance parameters and the DR rate of three PV technologies are evaluated based on the monitored real time data from the installation site in hot semi-arid climates. The assessment demonstrates that the HIT PV module technology exhibits more suitable results compared to mc-Si and a-Si PV systems in hot semi-arid climatic conditions of India. Moreover, energy metrices which includes energy payback time (EPBT), energy production factor (EPF) and life cycle conversion efficiency (LCCE) of the HIT technologies are found to be 1.0 , 24.93 and 0.15 years, respectively. HIT PV system has higher potential to mitigate the CO2 and carbon credit earned compared to mc-Si and a-Si PV system under hot semi-arid climate. However, the annualized uniform cost (UAC) for mc-Si (3.60 Rs/kWh) and a-Si (3.40 Rs/kWh) are more admissible in relation to the HIT (6.63 Rs/kWh) PV module type. We conclude that the approach of considering DR influenced life cycle metrics over the traditional approach can support to identify suitable locations for specific PV technology.
© 2020 by the authors.
© 2020 by the authors.
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- photovoltaic systems, PV cells, amorphous silicon, HIT, crystalline solar cells, degradation rate, life cycle assessment, life cycle metrics, energy payback time, annualized uniform cost
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Operational Performance and Degradation Influenced Life Cycle Environmental–Economic Metrics of mc-Si, a-Si and HIT Photovoltaic Arrays in Hot Semi-arid Climates. / Rajput, Pramod; Malvoni, Maria; Nallapaneni, Manoj Kumar et al.
In: Sustainability, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1075, 02.2020.
In: Sustainability, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1075, 02.2020.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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